Monday 3/15/2010
All ancient history, you’re probably thinking; but the Elena (above) has now been rebuilt and relaunched in all its original splendor, and what’s more it is now listed for sale in the South of France via global online luxury marketplace JamesList for $12 million. (via The Classicist: Set Sail on a 100-Year-Old Superyacht)
"Left over from a time when graciousness couched demands as requests, the R.S.V.P. no longer functions"
"eBay noted that Paypal represents 50% of total payments on Facebook, and by the end of ‘09, gaming company Zynga was the 2nd largest Paypal merchant after eBay. Paypal had $500MM in virtual goods revenue in ‘09, which was 2x from ‘08, and we believe this could grow by 50% in ‘10."
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There are fewer than three dozen properties between $45 million and $55 million publicly listed, and only six such homes sold last year (via The $50 Million Price Point - Forbes.com)
Saturday 3/13/2010
Meg put me in charge of the kitchen today, results were Baldwin pasta and oatmeal cranberry cookies.
The Plus 4 roadster has long been a favorite of British car enthusiasts and its popularity has been growing over recent years. An example in this original and fine condition is difficult to find!
It’s estimated that Pando collectively weights 6,615 tons, making it the heaviest living organism on the planet. (via Quaking aspen: Pando | MNN - Mother Nature Network)
"Now we see that it persists to much greater distances — as far as 2.5 billion light-years away."
Thursday 3/11/2010
Two years after Richard Nixon created the Environmental Protection Agency, the new institution sent out 100 photographers to document the nation’s environment writ large.
In 2002, instead of moving into Mayor Giuliani’s ground-floor corner office, Bloomberg turned the empty chamber upstairs—formerly the home of the Board of Estimate—into what’s now called the Bullpen. The enormous, newsroom-style office houses 50 of his senior staff and aides, three aquariums, and a cardboard helicopter. “I’ve never understood why anyone would want to seal himself off from the rest of the organization. In the Bullpen, there are no walls, no gatekeepers, and no communication barriers,” explains Bloomberg. (via An Inside Look at the Offices of Martha Stewart, Michael Bloomberg, Aby Rosen, Paul Rudnick, and More — New York Magazine)
